Jouf Cement Company has announced that it has halted work on its furnace and mills due to "unscheduled" maintenance works. The firm said that the plant stopped last Wednesday and is likely to remain out of action until 5th October. It ...
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Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell maker Gintech Energy will offer PV modules for own-brand sale by the end of 2013, and fellow makers Solartech Energy and Neo Solar Power (NSP) will expand annual PV module production capacity from ...
Tags: PV Modules, Lighting
Taiwan-based PV conductive paste maker Giga Solar Materials has reached monthly shipments of three metric tons of front-side silver paste and expects to ship 10 metric tons in the fourth quarter of 2013, resulting in shipments of 20 metric ...
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Gildan Activewear announced that it is evaluating potential sites in the Southern U.S. for the construction of two additional yarn-spinning facilities, to support its projected sales growth and further reinforce its position as a global ...
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Asustek computer now ranks third in the tablet market, however, rival lenovo is challenging its status. IDC report that in the second quarter of 2013 lenovo shipped 1.5 million tablet computers, in the third quarter shipments is expected to ...
Tags: Tablet, Lenovo, Computer Products
Crosspoint Kinetics, a subsidiary of Cummins Crosspoint, has developed a second-generation parallel-electric hybrid system that can be used in package delivery applications. The Crosspoint Kinetics S3000 hybrid offers improved durability ...
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ASOS reported financial results for the three months period ending 31 August 2013: Q4 Highlights: -Retail sales +47% year on year (UK +49%, International +47%) -International retail sales 64% of total (65% last year) -Retail gross ...
Tags: Fashion Retailer, Apparel
Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA, which provides lasers and optical components, modules and subsystems for the optical communications, industrial, and consumer laser markets, has started volume production of its next-generation tunable laser ...
Tags: Oclaro iTLA, Electrical, Electronics
Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA, which provides lasers and optical components, modules and subsystems for the optical communications, industrial, and consumer laser markets, has announced a standards-compliant, multi-rate DWDM tunable SFP+ ...
GlaxoSmithKline and biopharmaceutical company Theravance have announced that the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended marketing approval for fluticasone furoate/vilanterol ...
BASF Corporation has entered into an agreement to commence a cash tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of the biotechnology company Verenium Corporation [Nasdaq: VRNM] for $4.00 per share. Based on all outstanding ...
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Triumph Group, Inc. announced that it expects to record pre-tax additional program costs during fiscal year 2014 totaling approximately $68.0 million, or $0.83 per diluted share, primarily associated with the 747-8 program. Of the total ...
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Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) has signed an agreement to acquire Boise, a manufacturer of packaging and paper products in the US, for about $1.9bn. The acquisition will allow PCA to increase its containerboard capacity to about ...
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Yingli in the first half of 2013 rode the wave of solar growth in its home market in China to retain the dominant position in the global business for photovoltaic (PV) modules, according to IHS. The company shipped 1,450 megawatts worth ...
Tags: Solar Module, Electrical
Biotechnology firm Alexion Pharmaceuticals has secured approval from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan for the use of its Soliris (eculizumab) drug to treat pediatric and adult patients with atypical hemolytic ...
Tags: Ahus Treatment, Soliris Drug